Traditional descriptions of the hydrophobic effect on the basis of entropic arguments or the
calculation of solvent‐occupied surfaces must be questioned in view of new results obtained …

The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …

Understanding and controlling the flow of water confined in nanopores has tremendous
implications in theoretical studies and industrial applications. Here, we propose a simple …

Designing single-species selective membranes for high-precision separations requires a
fundamental understanding of the molecular interactions governing solute transport. Here …

When Szent-Györgyi called water the “matrix of life”, 1 he was echoing an old sentiment.
Paracelsus in the 16th century said that “water was the matrix of the world and of all its …

Conspectus Understanding the properties of strongly confined water is important for a
variety of applications such as fast flow and desalination devices, voltage generation, flow …

Extraordinarily fast transport of water in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in recent experiments has
been generally attributed to the smoothness of the CNT surface. Using molecular dynamics …

Carbon nanotubes, with their extraordinary mechanical and unique electronic properties,
have garnered much attention in the past five years. With a broad range of potential …

Wettability in nanochannels is of great importance for understanding many challenging
problems in interface chemistry and fluid mechanics, and presents versatile applications …

In this critical review we survey non-covalent interactions of carbon nanotubes with
molecular species from a chemical perspective, particularly emphasising the relationship …